Necessary Roughness

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Archive for November, 2005

On the plane to Houston, I finished The Defense Never Rests: A Lawyer’s Quest for the Gospel by Craig A. Parton. Parton is a lawyer who left American Evangelicalism for Lutheranism in 1995.

ANWR: The *Sine Qua Non* of a Republican
Friday, November 11th, 2005

Not pro-small government. Not pro-life. Not constitutional originalism, supply-side economics, death penalty, strong military, lower taxes, or gun rights.
Hugh Hewitt wants to cull the herd (caucus, he says), at ANWR.

Sad but true: If ANWR doesn’t get out of the Congress, the GOP will have to do some housecleaning. When it comes to issues, [...]

Free Beer For an Airman
Friday, November 11th, 2005

Made it home without incident. Tight connections in Memphis are not historically friendly to me, but this time was ok.
On the Memphis to Columbus leg, I met an airman. He was in First Class with me, so I couldn’t buy his beer. He remarked that he would be in the Air Force 30 [...]

Thank You Veterans
Friday, November 11th, 2005

This is the yearly shout out to my dad, my father-in-law, my uncle, my wife’s cousin, the Gunny who commented on my blog in the olden days, and other people who have served our nation in the Armed Forces.
From AP, hosted on Yahoo:

AP - Thu Nov 10, 3:07 PM ET
Capt. Billy Brown, front, and the [...]

Their Sound Is Gone Out
Thursday, November 10th, 2005

Pastor McCain of Cyberbrethren announced Listening to Luther, a new CD from Concordia Publishing, is available. In addition to a reading of the Small Catechism in Question/Answer format and other readings, it also contains six hymns that Luther wrote, each based on the six chief parts of the Small Catechism.
Here’s the list, with MP3 samples [...]